Catholic Public Domain Version
"They are not imitating you well. And they are willing to exclude you, so that you might imitate them. "
— Galatians 4:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”
“They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them. ”
“They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.”
“They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.”
“They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them.”
“Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.”
“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.”
You did not despise or reject me. But instead, you accepted me like an Angel of God, even like Christ Jesus.
Therefore, where is your happiness? For I offer to you testimony that, if it could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes and would have given them to me.
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
They are not imitating you well. And they are willing to exclude you, so that you might imitate them.
But be imitators of what is good, always in a good way, and not only when I am present with you.
My little sons, I am giving birth to you again, until Christ is formed in you.
And I would willingly be present with you, even now. But I would alter my voice: for I am ashamed of you.